Montreal, 20 October 2020
Dear Colleagues,
Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) publishes the Agency’s ‘live’ webinar schedule for November, which encompasses webinars being offered as part of the following previously announced series:
- A series that is part of WADA’s 2021 Code Implementation Support Program (CISP), which was launched on 4 May; and
- A series that is being offered in place of some of the sessions that would have otherwise been delivered during the Agency’s Annual Symposium, which was due to be held in March 2020 but was cancelled due to COVID-19.
The webinars are being hosted in English:
Date/Time |
Session Title |
Speakers |
Webinar Series & Target audience |
Registration Link |
5 Nov |
The new International Standard for Education (ISE) and Guidelines |
Karri Dawson, Senior Director of Quality Sport at the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport; WADA Education Committee member; and, member of the ISE drafting team Tony Cunningham, Senior Manager, Education, WADA |
CISP Series For Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) |
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13 Nov |
What is Needed to Conduct Investigations? |
Gunter Younger, Director, Intelligence and Investigations, WADA |
CISP Series For ADOs |
|
17 Nov |
International Standard for Laboratories (ISL) 2021 (Version 11): |
Thierry Boghosian, Senior Manager, Laboratory Accreditation, WADA Marissa Sunio, Manager, Legal Affairs, WADA |
CISP Series For ADOs |
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23 Nov |
Substances of Abuse under the 2021 World Anti-Doping Code and Prohibited List |
Dr. Audrey Kinahan, Chair, WADA List Expert Group |
CISP Series For all stakeholders |
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25 Nov |
An Update on the Development of Tools to Measure Doping Prevalence |
Dr. Marcia MacDonald, Deputy Director, Science & Medicine, WADA |
Annual Symposium Series For ADOs and Science/ |
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26 Nov |
WADA’s Role in Social Science Research – Making an Impact |
Tony Cunningham, Senior Manager, Education, WADA |
Annual Symposium Series For ADOs and Social Science Researchers |
We also take the opportunity below to remind stakeholders of the remaining webinars to be held in October, which are to be held in English unless otherwise noted:
Date / Time |
Session Title |
Speakers |
Webinar Series & Target audience |
Registration Link |
21 Oct |
Preparing for a WADA Audit: How to Respond to International Standard for Protection of Privacy and Personal Information (ISPPPI) Questions |
Karine Henrie, Senior Manager, Standards and Harmonization, WADA Marissa Sunio, Manager, Legal Affairs, WADA Frédérique Horwood, Lead Counsel, Privacy and Data (moderator) |
CISP Series For ADOs |
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26 Oct |
Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) Webinar (in English) Webinar to discuss anti-doping Intelligence & Investigations in Africa |
Gunter Younger, Director, Intelligence and Investigations, WADA |
African series For National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO) I&I Staff, NADO CEOs, Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO) Staff, I&I Authorities in the region |
Please contact WADA’s Africa Office Manager, Sameh Elray, at |
27 Oct |
Intelligence and Investigations (I&I) Webinar (in French) Webinar to discuss anti-doping Intelligence & Investigations in Africa |
Mathieu Holz, Senior Investigator, Intelligence and Investigations, WADA |
African series For NADO I&I Staff, NADO CEOs, RADO Staff, I&I Authorities in the region |
Please contact WADA’s Africa Office Manager, Sameh Elray, at |
28 Oct |
The Training, Accreditation and Re-Accreditation of Sample Collection Personnel |
Karine Henrie, Senior Manager, Standards and Harmonization, WADA Emma Price, Head of Testing, UK Anti-Doping |
CISP Series For ADOs |
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29 Oct |
2021 Prohibited List and beyond |
Dr. Audrey Kinahan, Chair, WADA List Expert Group Dr. Olivier Rabin, Senior Executive Director, Sciences and International Partnerships, WADA |
CISP Series For all stakeholders |
To register for any or all of the above webinars, please simply view the registration instructions in the ‘Registration Link’ sections of the above tables.
Every mid-month, WADA communicates its live webinar schedule for the following month, prompting stakeholders to register and participate.
Should you have any questions regarding the above, please contact WADA at: selva.balasingam@wada-ama.
Best regards,
World Anti-Doping Agency